Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-11-18
REPUBLICANlSM VS.. MAHONElSk'

~ was iOSO ny HlSuhhH I, SA'N''
begotten OF selfshness, and other
unadOrning characteristics OF a
party leader whom the exercise OF
unlimited authority since 1888 and
"a have untitled for planning or d.
recting a campaign. We would
like to be charitable enough to an
nounae that it is the decay OF men
tai and physical powers incident to
age, but the conduct of the canvass
in this portion of the state forbids
that We should accept other than
the first reason presented.
General Malone is the sole cause
of the loss Of the state.
He injured the party by refusing
to support the "BIair Educational
Bill" on Its first passage.
He injured the party when his
paper so violently attacked Blaine
IN the interest Of Arthur, before
convention, that he could not re.
cover his ground after the nomina-
ton of the former, aud thus lost
the State by a majority Of little
ever 1000 votes. He made it only
necessary for the Democratic orator
to read from the Wing during the
canvass to elicit huzzas, and dis
comft any and all adversaries. But
for this Virginia would have gone
Republican and Blaine would now
he president. 1t was the prestige
of Democratic success in 'S4 that
made Virginia Democratic in 80
and 'S7.
he injured the party when he
held back the Virginia nominations
till nearly all other combinations
had been made, and had finally
to close the doors of the Senate be-
hind with but two slain on the
field.
He injured the party when he
held on 10 his committee room for
the preparation of personal docu-
menls, land with doors locked against
every Republican from Virginia ex-
cept a few sychophants.
He injured the party when he
threw into Virginia that volume OF
his own record before it was as
sailed, thus putting himself up as
target for the vigilant enemy who
was invited by it to scrutiny OF
the records to attack him at points
which could not be successfully de-
Tended.
He injured the party when he
rendered the enemy himself as the
issue of the canvass-the very is
sue they were most DESTROYS of
having made up that they might
have the war cry Of Democracy for
themselves and that Of personality
and Mahoneism for Republicans.
He injured the party when he
ignored many county chairmen and
many county and district commit
teemen, and called around him a
select few to prepare documents,
platform and address to the Repub-
licans, by which he converted many
of the bravest and best workers and
leaders of the party into mere in
different voters, leaving the entire
Valley from Staunton to Winches-
ter to be represented by one of his
appOlntees removed by the Presi-
dent, and one of his present Senate
appointees, both of one county, and
this, too, after the Democrats had
held a large representative conven-
tion.
He injured the party when he IN
terfered with the county commit
tees, in some cases with the district
and county conventions, and in
others with the nominees of these
conventions, as for instance here,
where he issued circulars calling a
convention of his own at Luray.
He injured the party when he ma
nipulated against the free exercise of
choice of delegates to the Chicago
convention of 1884.
He injured the party when he
stified free speech in the conyen-
ton of 1885.
He injured the party when he
Quarrelled with Cameron about mat
tiers, some of which lie did not then,
nor does he now, dare to make pub
lie.
He injured the party when he
quarrelled with Brady, and in turn
with Gaines, which brought upon
the party that unseemly and de-
mOralizing bolt in his own city,
from which returns show the party
did not recover at the late election,
Notwithstanding the patch work of
Joint circular letters.
lie injured the party most OF all
when his hand in congressional con-
ventions OF 1884 reduced our repre-
sentatiOn in the House to two, as is
shown by the later results, when he
declared hands off, and talked Of a
Pacific slope trip, the Republicans
elected SIX OF the ten Representa-.
tives for this state.
He injured the party seriously
by giving too ready ear to ilatter-
ers and news carriers who, in turn,
delivered distorted reports back
and forth until personal feuds re.
suited in driving from the party